Forthcoming PC election:

DLP to support President

The Democratic Labour Party yesterday, expressed unreserved support to the President and the government at the forthcoming Provincial Council election.

According to party leader S. Sathiyenthira, the party working committee has unanimously decided to extend its fullest support to the President and the government at the forthcoming provincial election.

He said that the country was rapidly developing with the eradication of terrorism and the people of all communities were enjoying the dividends of peace.

The party, in a letter signed by Sathiyenthira, has informed its decision to President Mahinda Rajapaksa too.

In its letter to the President, Sathiyenthira said that the Democratic Labour Party would extend its fullest support to the government at the upcoming Provincial Council election.

Sathiyenthira in his letter said that his party was ready to conduct pocket meetings in the Eastern Province to ensure the government’s victory.

He said that the Tamil National Alliance was inciting communalism in the Northern Province. “It has done nothing for the people in the Northern and Eastern provinces, he said.